Arthroscopic-assisted latissimus dorsi transfer for the management of irreparable rotator cuff tears: Short-term results

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 14, 2014, Pages e119(1)-

  Castricini, Roberto ^a   Longo, Umile Giuseppe ^b   De Benedetto, Massimo ^a   Loppini, Mattia ^b   Zini, Raul ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^c   Denaro, Vincenzo ^b  

^a MARIA CECILIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTANT MURLEY (SCORE); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HUMERUS HEAD; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE TENDON TRANSFER; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; BACK MUSCLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTOR; TRANSPLANTATION;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATOR CUFF INJURIES; SUPERFICIAL BACK MUSCLES; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENDON TRANSFER; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906317303     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.01091     Document Type: Article

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